73-107. Resident disabled veteran or business located in designated enterprise zone; preference; contract not in compliance with section; null and void.
(1) When a state contract is to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, a resident disabled veteran or a business located in a designated enterprise zone under the Enterprise Zone Act shall be allowed a preference over any other resident or nonresident bidder if all other factors are equal.
(2) For purposes of this section, resident disabled veteran means any person (a) who resides in the State of Nebraska, who served in the United States Armed Forces, including any reserve component or the National Guard, who was discharged or otherwise separated with a characterization of honorable or general (under honorable conditions), and who possesses a disability rating letter issued by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs establishing a service-connected disability or a disability determination from the United States Department of Defense and (b)(i) who owns and controls a business or, in the case of a publicly owned business, more than fifty percent of the stock is owned by one or more persons described in subdivision (a) of this subsection and (ii) the management and daily business operations of the business are controlled by one or more persons described in subdivision (a) of this subsection.
(3) Any contract entered into without compliance with this section shall be null and void.
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Cross References
Structure Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 73 - Public Lettings and Contracts
73-101 - Public lettings; how conducted.
73-101.01 - Resident bidder, defined; preference.
73-101.02 - Resident bidder; preference; exception.
73-102 - Fair labor standards; statement of compliance required.
73-103 - Fair labor standards; low bidder; disqualification.
73-104 - Fair labor standards, defined.
73-105 - Violations; penalties.
73-201 - Legislative findings.
73-203 - Contingent fee contract; executed by state; void; exception.
73-204 - Contingent fee contract; executed by constitutional agency; void; exception.
73-205 - Technology access clause; requirements.
73-301 - Director of Administrative Services; duties.
73-302 - State agency; duties.
73-303 - State agency; displaced state employees; plan of assistance.
73-304 - Director of Administrative Services; approve contract; when.
73-305 - Director of Administrative Services; report required.
73-306 - Rules and regulations.
73-307 - Sections; applicability; how construed.
73-401 - Contract with state agency; Public Counsel; jurisdiction.
73-501 - Purposes of sections.
73-503 - Documentation; requirements.
73-504 - Competitive bidding requirements.
73-505 - State agency directors; duties.
73-506 - State agency contracts for services; requirements.
73-508 - Preapproval; required; when.
73-509 - Pre-process; required; when; procedure.
73-602 - Legislative findings and declaration.
73-603 - Department of Administrative Services; report; contents.
73-604 - Certain contracts; contractor; provide information.
73-701 - Department of Administrative Services; procurement practices; evaluation; report.